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...uniform, lead colour. There was no extent of prospect even over the dreary waste that lay around us, for the sea ran high, and the horizon encompassed... ...ow and then there comes upon him a burning sense of the years that must be wasted in that stone coffin, and an agony so piercing in the rec ollection... ...ating, nearly opposite, but a little to the left, in a melancholy piece of waste ground with frowzy grass, which looks like a small piece of country t... ...sities of the town. I was very much interested in looking over a number of treaties made from time to time with the poor Indi ans, signed by the diff... ... the credulous Big Turtle, or trusting Little Hatchet, had put his mark to treaties which were falsely read to him; and had signed away, he knew not w... ...s before. From Belleville, we went on, through the same deso late kind of waste, and constantly attended, without the interval of a moment, by the sa... ...ightly. It sheds its light upon American Notes – Dickens 203 a miserable waste of sodden grass, and dull trees, and squalid huts, whose aspect is fo...

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...ry his very heart out. ‘Who bade you?’ she retorted. ‘I never asked you to waste your time here!’ ‘ And will ye not give me a glance of the eyes that ... ...mestic affairs; but it breaks my heart to see brave gentlemen’s lives thus wasted. We have done our best for Arthur. He has studied with one of our go... ...s, I entreat of you,’ she said. ‘You are named in our pass- ports, and the treaties are such that neither French nor English subjects can be maltreate... ...and subjects should be exempt from this violence of the corsairs. The like treaties existed with the English, but had been very little heeded by the A...

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...ed along that road, and we heard the voice of an itinerant preacher from a waste place between the houses. You cannot see these things as I can see th... ...’t I? … I wonder why.” “I want to start meetings of an evening on Howden’s Waste.” “You think they’d listen?” “They’d listen fast enough now.” “They d... ...ltitude of people, the destruction of vast quantities of material, and the waste of innumerable units of energy, it effected noth- ing. The old war of... ...d intellectual energy as either possessed, into the purely destructive and wasteful business of war. And—I have to tell you these things even if you d... ...al permanent benefit, of any- thing whatever to counterbalance the obvious waste and evil, that would result from a war between England and Germany, w... ...on, nay, even if it wanted to go to and fro, it had to do so by exorbitant treaties with each of the monarchs whose territory was involved. No man cou...

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... How the other pen found its way into the bowl instead of the fireplace or wastepaper basket I can’t imagine, but there the two were, lying side by si... ...utch war-ships stood out from the open sea, and we were too weak to forget treaties. He went up un- der the promise of safety, and my brother gave him... ...remem- ber Hollis’s charm, of course. If it did . . . Never was a sixpence wasted to better advantage! Poor devil! I wonder whether he got rid of that... ...hill gust of wind, wandering through the damp and sooty obscurity over the waste of roofs and chim- ney-pots, touched his face with a clammy flick. He... ...red past, by a truth effective and unjust like a calumny— and the past was wasted. Its failure was disclosed— a distinct failure, on his part, to see,... ... had been driven back there by a blind fear 122 Tales of Unrest through a waste of mud. He was indignant, amazed and shocked, but in a natural, healt...

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...n during his first few months in London wandering about Clapham, that arid waste of people, the meeting that he longed for never came. Until at last, ... .... Lewisham was glad he had the moral support of Smithers. “It’s an evening wasted,” said Smithers, who had gallantly resolved to make the running for ... ...ll get something wrong.” His mind ran on brooches and clasps. “You mustn’t waste your money, and besides, I have that ring.” But Lewisham insisted. “T... ...uld not blind his intelligence to the manifest cause of his overthrow, the waste of more than half his available evening, the best time for study in t... ...mark the change? There had been making-up before, sul- len concessions and treaties. But this was different. He tried to imagine something he might sa... ...OR OR ORY Y Y Y Y THAT NIGHT about seven Ethel came into their room with a waste-paper basket she had bought for him, and found him sitting at the lit...

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...rance does not offend me, but the foppery of it. I have broken off several treaties that would have been of advantage to me, by reason of the impertin... ...itself, also wearies the arms of those who chastise; this fire benumbs and wastes their force; as in precipitation, “festinatio tarda est,”—haste trip... ...is kingdom assembled with great ceremony, and at the public expense, about treaties and agreements, of which the true decision, in the meantime, absol... ...ius troubled himself to provide by regi- men to prolong life in a weak and wasted body, useless to his country and to his profession, or to beget heal... ...t a dull heaviness and uneasiness in that part; ’tis some great stone that wastes and consumes the substance of my kidneys and my life, which I by lit...

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...Govern- ment. The exclusive right of making peace and war, of con- cluding treaties of commerce, of raising armies, and equip- ping fleets, was grante... ...s decision. It also acts as the great executive council of the nation; the treaties which are con- cluded by the President must be ratified by the Sen... ...l of the nation. Its power extends to all the cases arising under laws and treaties made by the executive and legislative authorities, to all cases of... ...have the power of creating and maintaining a tribu- nal of this kind would waste his time in prosecuting the lib- erty of the press; for he would be t... ...ll have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- ate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur.” The reader i... ...treams, and make ready the triumphal procession of civilization across the waste. The favorable influence of the temporal prosperity of America upon t... ...nt day are like compa- nies of adventurers formed to explore in common the waste lands of the New World, and busied in a flourishing trade. The passio... ...to oppression and destitution. They perish if they continue to wander from waste to waste, and if they attempt to settle they still must perish; the a... ...g within its limits, but more frequently extending far beyond it, into the waste. It has been calculated that the whites ad- vance every year a mean d...

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...tle page of my book and said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.” If, instead of this remark, ... ...Every minute,” continued M. Krempe with warmth, “every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost. You have bur dened y... ...acy of the human feel ings. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of... ...eft him incredulous to the last, for his constant answer to my unwearied en treaties was the same as that of the Dutch schoolmaster in The Vicar of W... ...ered, except in very rare in stances, as a vagabond and a slave, doomed to waste his powers for the profits of the chosen few! And what was I? Of my... ...ngth was gone. I was a mere skeleton, and fever night and day preyed upon my wasted frame. Still, as I urged our leaving Ireland with such inquietude ...

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..., a good husband and father , an honest broker; but there was no reason to waste one’s time over him. 25 Somerset Maugham Chapter VII THE SEASON was ... ...t he was really too ill to offer any effective resistance to Stroeve’s en- treaties and to my determination. We dressed him, while he feebly cursed us... ...dequate to the needs of himself and his wife, he certainly had no money to waste; but now he was wantonly extravagant in the purchase of delicacies, o... ...ides in the city of Paris during the current year. He was busy , and could waste no more time on us. He told us that if we came at a certain hour next... ...s youth, and who, seeing in Strickland the possibilities which himself had wasted, in- fluenced him to forsake all and follow the divine tyranny of ar... ...s smoking. “But if I weren’t personally concerned I should be sorry at the waste. It seems a rotten thing that a man should make such a hash of life.”...

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... the last month and this; but I did so under circumstances which made it a waste of no time what- ever. Y ours very truly, 29 The Writings of Abraham... ...tageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully... ...t she acknowledged the Constitution of the United States, and the laws and treaties of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution, to be ... ...04 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five cost in all the future. Some treaties, designed chiefly for the interests of commerce, and having no gra... ...f doubt that important commercial advantages might be secured by favorable treaties with them. The operations of the treasury during the period which ...

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...e Athenians to extreme distress by a perpetual war, but the gods also laid waste their country both famine and pestilence lay heavy upon them, and eve... ... that luxury, deprived little by little of that which fed and fomented it, wasted to nothing, and died away of itself. For the rich had no advantage h... ...odies; from a notion they had that epileptic and weakly children faint and waste away upon their being thus bathed, while, on the contrary, those of a... ...a general insurrection, and, joining with the Messenians, laid the country waste, and brought the greatest danger upon the city. For I cannot persuade... ...r if they do not yield you part of what they possess, make slaves of them, waste and spoil their country, and ruin their cities; neither in so doing a... ...e walls around a town; and again, if so he likes, to pull them down; Their treaties and alliances, power, empire, peace, and war, their wealth and the... ...racusans much desired to redeem this man, and there were many meetings and treaties about the matter betwixt them and Marcellus, he had op- portunity ... ...or let himself be taken in by trickery, but was the victim only of the en- treaties of his friends and the perfidy of his enemies; whereas Nicias enha...

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...r earlier intimacy. Once more they had had their hour together and she had wasted it. As in her girlhood, her eyes had made promises which her lips we... ...ave made her a woman through and through. Musing thus, he had the sense of waste that is the bitterest harvest of experience. A love like his might ha... ...uld either accept his suggestion, or she would not: but at least she would waste no time in protesta- tions and objections, or any vain sacrifice to t... ... met his proposal that they should drive by the declaration that it was a “waste” not to walk in Paris; so they set off on foot through the cheerful t... .... She struck him as positively stupid, and he won- dered how he could have wasted half his day with her, when all the while Mrs. Leath’s letter might ... ...supposed him to have been seducing Duch- esses when he was not negotiating Treaties. He heard again quaint phrases which romantic old ladies had used ...

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...ghted and lost his way. “A light, glimmering through the window of a large waste barn, which had survived the farm-house to which it had once belonged... ...gentleman, wad grudge twa gangrel [Va- grant] pair bodies the shelter o’ a waste house, and the thristles by the roadside for a bit cuddy,. [Donkey] a... ... was an old clergyman, with whom Mannering was placed during his youth. He wasted his eves in observing the stars, and his brains in calculations upon... ... remain, chiefly in such situations as afford a ready escape either into a waste country, or into another jurisdiction. Nor are the 59 Sir Walter Sco... ...might have employed some other person in the transaction—he would not have wasted a moment’s thought upon the want of confidence in himself, which suc... ...ht murder, with- out weapons or the slightest means of defence, except en- treaties, which would be only their sport, and cries for help, which could ...

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... cigars. Capital thought. Run and tell him that; d’ye hear? They shan’t be wasted,’ continued Smangle, turning to Mr. Pickwick. ‘ I’ll smoke ‘em.’ Thi... ...rom the close ness of the confinement, but neither the often repeated en treaties of Perker and his friends, nor the still more frequently repeated... ... pocket, Mr. Sawyer, but my glasses are in the carriage, and I should only waste your time if I attempted to point out the passage to you, without the... ...cle reached the end of Leith Walk, he had to cross a pretty large piece of waste ground which separated him from a short street which he had to turn d... ...ich he had to turn down to go direct to his lodging. Now, in this piece of waste ground, there was, at that time, an enclosure belonging to some wheel... ...nd applied it to his own, thereby inform ing him, without any unnecessary waste of words, that he devoted that draught to wishing him all manner of h... ...s, and there was a visit to the Legacy Duty Office besides, and there were treaties entered into, for the disposal of the lease and busi ness, and ra...

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... to be rid of them, but the priest’s farewell was cold and distant. He had wasted some opium on a man who carried no money. ‘That is well spoken. I am... ...sinner!’ thought Creighton. ‘But you’re not far wrong. That boy mustn’t be wasted if he is as advertised.’ ‘Excuse me half a minute,’ cried the Padre ... ... any of Mahbub’s retainers asked questions. They were camped on a piece of waste ground beside the railway, and, being natives, had not, of course, un... ...Friendship averted the Whip of Calamity. He says that thou hast altogether wasted sixty days upon the Road, and it is too late, therefore, to send the... ...s ago. I have taught him a good deal since, Colonel Creighton. I think you waste him now.’ ‘Hmm! Maybe you’re right. But, as you know, there is no Sur... ...am’ well worth. Consider the moral effect upon these ignorant peoples! No treaties–no papers–no written documents at all–and me to interpret for them...

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...K RAP KIRK RAP KIRK RAPINE INE INE INE INE “When impious men held sway and wasted Church and shrine.” —Lord Selborne. PATIENCE,... ... such days as these? There was, indeed, no firing. There was a belief that treaties were going on, but leisure only left the besiegers more free to go... ...ting nothing in payment but orders on the treasury, which might as well be waste paper. And, indeed, they were told by the soldiers that they might be... ... “Yet along the Church’s sky Stars are scattered, pure and high; Yet her wasted gardens bear Autumn violets, sweet and rare, Relics of a Spring-ti... ...esounded down the garden. Mrs. Sloggett thought quite time enough had been wasted over the young man, and sum- moned the girl back to her sewing. Emly... ...esome; and as a friend and honest man, he counselled the poor youth not to waste his money nor tor- ture himself by having recourse to remedies or doc...

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...stand such continued sieges? Money, and trouble, and infinite contrivance, wasted upon one old woman, who absolutely would not, upon any terms, be mur... ...ancient citizens had been cut off by the sword, and partly to conceal this waste of population, but much more by way of cheaply requiting services, or... ...r at the assassinations, poisonings, and forging of wills, which then laid waste the domestic life of the Romans. 2. A second source of the universal ... ...f desperate resistance to the Roman arms, marked by frequent infraction of treaties, it was usual to re- move the offending population to a safer situ...

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...on the unknown world: a wide, white wilderness was all that met my gaze; a waste of Deserts tossed in snow, And heavy laden groves. I descended to the... ...nder peculiar circumstances, I consider very close and constant study as a waste of time, and an injury to the mind as well as the body.’ ‘Well, I hav... ...nd they would do all they could to make her happy. But no arguments or en- treaties could prevail: my mother was determined not to go. Not that she qu... ...ad a good oppor- tunity of seeing what he was like. He was tall, thin, and wasted, with a slight stoop in the shoulders, a pale face, but some- what b...

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...ling, yet still with intermitting doubts, followed my mother’s earnest en- treaties, and the more meritoriously (I conceive), as he yielded, in a poin... ... he asked me, in a way which I felt to be taunting, how I could consent to waste my time as I did. Without any answering warmth, I explained that my g... ...turies almost have passed since the boar was within your vineyards, laying waste and desolating your heritage. Yet that storm was not final, nor that ... ...r prophetic functions. Ninety-nine in a hundred respected marriages, state-treaties, sales, purchases, found- ing of towns or colonies, &c., which dem... ...off. In excuse for 237 Thomas de Quincey the poor Suliotes in trusting to treaties of any kind with an enemy whom no oaths could bind for an hour, it... ...t that period, by very ancient ties of reciprocal service, strengthened by treaties, by religious faith, and by personal attachment to individuals of ... ...l aroused by his comrades setting him at liberty, after some time had been wasted in searching for him. The students had a pretty uniform tale to repo... ...of Klosterheim interceded with ineffectual sup- plication. “Gentlemen, you waste your breath; they die with- out reprieve,” replied the Landgrave. “Wi...

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...and had sought to be rid of him for private reasons only, it was a pity to waste on such a fellow steel that should serve the Cause. “While I live,” s... ...ield: then, why not in the true cause? I do not understand that you should waste your bravery under that ugly flag, bloody and past forgiveness. ‘I sh... ...eaf of assassins; and more—the curse of Italy! There should be extradition treaties all over the world to bring this arch-conspirator to justice. The ... ...she said; ‘the money is my husband’s, and is expended on his behalf.’ ‘You waste it among the people who were the cause of his ruin!’ her father retor... ...erdicted his reply. ‘Beppo, my good friend, you are a complete Italian—you waste your cleverness. You will gratify me by remembering that I am your co... ...iddle of the signs. Names were pillars of light in the dark unintelligible waste. The signora put a question. It was replied to with the name of the M... ...and’s good behaviour. The rest he con- siders legally his own by right of (Treaties), and by right of possession and documents his sword. Yonder castl...